I have a short torso with a high waist, and most high waist pants hit in the just the right place- My actual waist, the narrowest part of my torso. Instead of lower waist pants which hit on my ample hips and not comfortably staying in place.

Anonymous wrote:Screw that, I’ve lost 25 lbs and finally back to my pre-pandemic weight. I’m not hiding in tent-like clothing.

Another hater of all things baggy here. I am very muscular and it’s better when I lean into it and wear fitted clothes. Not necessarily skin tight but well-fitted. If I go baggy it makes me look way bigger, or worse, something that is supposed to fit loosely doesn’t actually fit me that way. The wide leg pants are my biggest nightmare on my already big legs!

However I give Gen Z all the credit for sneakers. I loooove sneakers.

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Anonymous wrote:In what world is high waist comfortable, though? I bought a couple of pairs of pants last month. They look super cute under a shirt, but they come up to my bra! They feel really ridiculous (and hot, because too much fabric.

Thank you. I've never understood this! I don't want a waistband cutting into my stomach right under my bra!

Short torso club member checking in. I see 9" on a website and I nope out of there!

What a lot of people call "high waist" these days is actually just "on the waist" when you look at clothes for most of the 20th century. It's just act we went through this ridiculous trend of ultra-low slung pants in the early 00s and it warped people's perception of where a waist was supposed to hit.

I recently bought several pairs of the "high rise authentic chino" from Banana Republic Factory and my DH saw the label that said high rise and was confused because, he pointed out, they just fit the way most men's pants fit, in that the waist fits on the waist. They do not come up to my boobs and they don't ride up with I sit down.

My butt looks like 400% better in these "high rise" pants as opposed to anything low rise, btw. And more flattering for my waist, too, since they fit me at the narrowest point. Low rise pants look good on people with model bodies and that's it. I'm never going back to that.

Screw that, I’ve lost 25 lbs and finally back to my pre-pandemic weight. I’m not hiding in tent-like clothing.

Anonymous wrote:NP, I'm 42 and I also agree 100%!!! Perhaps the best is SNEAKERS -- we can now wear them with everything: dresses, trousers. I love all of it! And it's actually very adaptable to a "40 year old version". So I'm not wearing massive mom jeans and extra cropped sweatshirts. I'm wearing straight jeans or trouser jeans, with t-shirts, a button up, etc.

Yes!! I'm 54, and I love love love the sneakers trend. I was telling my friend the other day that we could have saved ourselves so much pain - and had so many more hours of dancing - if we'd been wearing sneakers with dresses back when we went to clubs.

I still haven't adopted the high waist (super short torso, so no thanks), but I'm all about the loose pants and baggy tops. My very busty DD, who's in her mid-twenties, wears a compression bra and does so purely for comfort and ease. She doesn't care about cleavage or sex appeal. It truly is a revelation. Love Gen Z (and the young Millennials)!

I just saw some ad for what is in this fall for teens and it’s “‘menswear” inspired with loose button down shirts, straight leg pants, sweater or sweater vest over it. I very much reminds me of how we dressed in the 80s, preppy but looser boyfriend chiic with comfortable shoes like sperry’s or penny loafers. I’m hoping my teen daughter goes for it as it looks so comfortable and practical and like you could actually lounge around studying in it without anything riding up into your butt crack. Yes, ladies, there is a reason men have been wearing these clothes for decades — they are practical and comfortable. It’s
the patriarchy that has us wearing low rise skinny jeans with a thong and clothes with weird pieces cut out. Resist!

Wait, are you talking about the Generation that has made halter tops and postage stamps “shirts” en vogue? I am not thanking Gen Z for anything except sneakers. I miss proper shirts that are fitted, stylish and well made.

Anonymous wrote:In what world is high waist comfortable, though? I bought a couple of pairs of pants last month. They look super cute under a shirt, but they come up to my bra! They feel really ridiculous (and hot, because too much fabric.

Hm, I don’t have this problem. But I also have a longer torso, so maybe that’s why they feel so comfortable to me. I also find that it’s important that they aren’t too tight, otherwise they ride up.